The cave remained a place of pilgrimage for hundreds of years. It wasn’t until the 13th century that the monastery as we know ...

Monks have been seeking spiritual enlightenment at these sites on steep cliffs, inside caves and atop an extinct volcano for ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The Monastery of the Caves, also known as Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, one of the holiest sites of ...

Known as Airivank, or ‘Monastery of the Caves’ Geghard was partially carved out of the cliffs of the Azat Valley. As you approach, you’ll see intricate ‘khachkars’-Armenian crossstones ...

Believers also gathered in Kyiv at Ukraine’s oldest monastery, the Monastery of the Caves, designated as a lavra, a major monastery. Normally, the acting head of the lavra, Metropolitan Pavel, would ...

All the rooms in the monastery were either carved out of the mountain or existing caves made into rooms. All the walls and the roof are made of rocks. Hence, the locals call the monastery Takthok ...

The monastery holds special significance for Tibetan Buddhists as it is believed Guru Padmasambhava had meditated in the caves around Rizong. Located 73 km from Leh in Ladakh district in Jammu and ...